diff --git a/Formula/b/balena-cli.rb b/Formula/b/balena-cli.rb
index 747dc1a66d8c..9d95f1ca2682 100644
--- a/Formula/b/balena-cli.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/balena-cli.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ def install
     arch = Hardware::CPU.intel? ? "x64" : Hardware::CPU.arch.to_s
     node_modules = libexec/"lib/node_modules/balena-cli/node_modules"
     node_modules.glob("{ffi-napi,ref-napi}/prebuilds/*")
-                .each { |dir| dir.rmtree if dir.basename.to_s != "#{os}-#{arch}" }
+                .each { |dir| rm_r(dir) if dir.basename.to_s != "#{os}-#{arch}" }
 
-    (node_modules/"lzma-native/build").rmtree
-    (node_modules/"usb").rmtree if OS.linux?
+    rm_r(node_modules/"lzma-native/build")
+    rm_r(node_modules/"usb") if OS.linux?
 
     # Replace universal binaries with native slices
     deuniversalize_machos
diff --git a/Formula/b/bamtools.rb b/Formula/b/bamtools.rb
index 170421ecad6f..f5fc928ce6af 100644
--- a/Formula/b/bamtools.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/bamtools.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Bamtools < Formula
 
   def install
     # Delete bundled jsoncpp to avoid fallback
-    (buildpath/"src/third_party/jsoncpp").rmtree
+    rm_r(buildpath/"src/third_party/jsoncpp")
 
     # Build shared library
     system "cmake", "-S", ".", "-B", "build_shared",
diff --git a/Formula/b/basex.rb b/Formula/b/basex.rb
index 62072e92212c..12e3bb9a24be 100644
--- a/Formula/b/basex.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/basex.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ class Basex < Formula
 
   def install
     rm Dir["bin/*.bat"]
-    rm_rf "repo"
-    rm_rf "data"
-    rm_rf "etc"
+    rm_r("repo")
+    rm_r("data")
+    rm_r("etc")
 
     libexec.install Dir["*"]
     bin.install Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
diff --git a/Formula/b/bee.rb b/Formula/b/bee.rb
index 5ead02d12b35..8e1dda0e0e64 100644
--- a/Formula/b/bee.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/bee.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Bee < Formula
   depends_on "openjdk"
 
   def install
-    rm_rf Dir["bin/*.bat"]
+    rm_r(Dir["bin/*.bat"])
     libexec.install Dir["*"]
     (bin/"bee").write_env_script libexec/"bin/bee", Language::Java.java_home_env
   end
diff --git a/Formula/b/benerator.rb b/Formula/b/benerator.rb
index a5541b1b827a..cf38375e9734 100644
--- a/Formula/b/benerator.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/benerator.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Benerator < Formula
 
   def install
     # Remove unnecessary files
-    rm_f Dir["bin/*.bat", "bin/pom.xml"]
+    rm(Dir["bin/*.bat", "bin/pom.xml"])
 
     # Installs only the "bin" and "lib" directories from the tarball
     libexec.install Dir["bin", "lib"]
diff --git a/Formula/b/bit.rb b/Formula/b/bit.rb
index 6367da7897a1..35fb6cd1ed8f 100644
--- a/Formula/b/bit.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/bit.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def install
     arch = Hardware::CPU.intel? ? "x64" : Hardware::CPU.arch.to_s
     node_modules = libexec/"lib/node_modules/bit-bin/node_modules"
     (node_modules/"leveldown/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.musl.node").unlink
-    (node_modules/"leveldown/prebuilds").each_child { |dir| dir.rmtree if dir.basename.to_s != "#{os}-#{arch}" }
+    (node_modules/"leveldown/prebuilds").each_child { |dir| rm_r(dir) if dir.basename.to_s != "#{os}-#{arch}" }
 
     # Remove vendored pre-built binary `terminal-notifier`
     node_notifier_vendor_dir = node_modules/"node-notifier/vendor"
-    node_notifier_vendor_dir.rmtree # remove vendored pre-built binaries
+    rm_r(node_notifier_vendor_dir) # remove vendored pre-built binaries
 
     if OS.mac?
       terminal_notifier_dir = node_notifier_vendor_dir/"mac.noindex"
diff --git a/Formula/b/bloaty.rb b/Formula/b/bloaty.rb
index 3105e94192e1..6ee46ed719d8 100644
--- a/Formula/b/bloaty.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/bloaty.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def install
     # https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/9947
     ENV.append_to_cflags "-DNDEBUG"
     # Remove vendored dependencies
-    %w[abseil-cpp capstone protobuf re2].each { |dir| (buildpath/"third_party"/dir).rmtree }
+    %w[abseil-cpp capstone protobuf re2].each { |dir| rm_r(buildpath/"third_party"/dir) }
     abseil_cxx_standard = 17 # Keep in sync with C++ standard in abseil.rb
     inreplace "CMakeLists.txt", "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11", "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD #{abseil_cxx_standard}"
     inreplace "CMakeLists.txt", "-std=c++11", "-std=c++17"
diff --git a/Formula/b/byteman.rb b/Formula/b/byteman.rb
index bfe6de8bbe83..85442e58a6b5 100644
--- a/Formula/b/byteman.rb
+++ b/Formula/b/byteman.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Byteman < Formula
   depends_on "openjdk"
 
   def install
-    rm_rf Dir["bin/*.bat"]
+    rm_r(Dir["bin/*.bat"])
     doc.install Dir["docs/*"], "README"
     libexec.install ["bin", "lib", "contrib"]
     pkgshare.install ["sample"]